History YMMV / ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase

* AccidentalAesop: As noted in FridgeBrilliance, the fact that Eric's game was chosen over Bill's due to it having more variety can be seen as a moral on how video games would probably be more successful if you added some variety to said games.

* EvilIsCool: While the movie itself ended up coming under more scrutiny as time went on, the Phantom Virus is still a fan-favorite villain for being LaughablyEvil and actually being a legitimate threat. Him teaming up with five of the past monsters also adds to this.

* EvilIsCool: While the movie itself ended up coming under more scrutiny as time went on, the Phantom Virus is still a fan-favorite villain for being LaughablyEvil and actually being a legitimate threat.

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler: Bill]] is the movie's perp. This is a more stand-out example than usual, because unlike the usual Scooby-Doo affair of seemingly unlinked clues all coming together at the end, ''every single clue'' (and even a couple that aren't mentioned in the end) blatantly leaves such an easy trail for finding out the perp that it becomes obvious to the audience if they remotely paid any attention. You start to wonder why the gang didn't [[spoiler: suspect a FrameUp or why Bill didn't claim such when they've seen through less obvious times someone has been framed.]]

* EvilIsCool: While the movie itself has come under more scrutiny in recent years, the Phantom Virus is still a fan-favorite villain for being LaughablyEvil and actually being a legitimate threat.
* FanNickname: The Phantom Virus has recently received the nickname of [[WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} the Spindly Johnny.]]

** Bill [=McLemore=] notes the Phantom Virus' weakness to magnets, comparing it to Kryptonite affecting Franchise/{{Superman}}. Becomes more interesting when you realize how much Bill resembles a young ComicBook/LexLuthor. He's a young, egotistical prodigy with [[EvilRedhead red hair]] who harbors intense envy of his old friend, a bespectacled brunette NiceGuy, for having gifts he doesn't. Even the Virus himself mirrors ComicBook/{{Bizarro}} in a way, as he's a powerful yet flawed artificial being created by Bill to ruin his friend, just as Luthor in several stories creates Bizarro to ruin Superman.

** Bill McLemore notes the Phantom Virus' weakness to magnets, comparing it to Kryptonite affecting Franchise/{{Superman}}. Becomes more interesting when you realize how much Bill resembles a young ComicBook/LexLuthor. He's a young, egotistical prodigy with [[EvilRedhead red hair]] who harbors intense envy of his old friend, a bespectacled brunette NiceGuy, for having gifts he doesn't. Even the Virus himself mirrors ComicBook/{{Bizarro}} in a way, as he's a powerful yet flawed artificial being created by Bill to ruin his friend, just as Luthor in several stories creates Bizarro to ruin Superman.

* MemeticLoser: Bill, especially when [[spoiler:he’s revealed to be the villain via a truly insane amount of ineptitude leading to him implicating himself with every clue]].

* EvilIsCool: While the movie itself has come under more scrutiny in recent years, the Phantom Virus is still a fan favorite villain for being LaughablyEvil and actually being a legitimate threat.